1A) snidered - covered, infested2C) coughdrop – a cheekily humerous person3B) shittles - lozenge-shaped buns with currants and carraways, given to children and old people on Valentine's Day4B) piggle - to pick at a scab, spot or a skin irritation

ACROSS1 -(6) Tapering spike of ice7 -(8)Able to form wolf creature12 -(9)Marsupials of Australia13 -(4)The Mesopotamian god of waters14 -(5)Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed17 -(2)The chemical symbol for chromium18 -(11)Worthy of being collected21 -(3)Adjective (abbr)23 -(4)Chemical element pb24 -(3)Past tense and past participle of meet25 -(2)Alberta (abbr)26 -(5)A musical instrument with a manual keyboard28 -(2)Virginia (abbr)29 -(4)Water31 -(9)Philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty,and taste,32 -(3)United States Senate (acronym)33 -(5) Council area of E Scotland on the North Sea34 -(5) An island of southeast Greece36 -(3)Commander of the British Empire (abbr)37 -(9)Manner of conducting oneself38 -(4)Automobiles40 -(2)Road (abbr)41 -(5)A foot of one long and three short syllables in any order.43 -(2)Uppercase (abbr)44 -(3) Electronic data interchange (abbr)46 -(4)Brighton and Blackpool have one48 -(3)Associated with water treatments49 -(5,6)Italian for 'white mountain' in the Alps51 -(2)Bangladesh Navy (abbr)52 -(5)Lack of competence; ineptitude.53 -(4)Ink ?????, as used in the Rorschach test57 -(9)An inclinometer, used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers60 -(8)Queen had a bohemian one61 -(6)Glove covering the whole hand

Each issue Adam Jacot de Boinod, author of The Meaning of Tingo and creator of the iPhone App Tingo, poses a vocabulary quiz from our local dialect.Below are the answers to the Questions from edition 91

1 A) the tongue and swivel of a buckle2 C) stuck out3 C) a drain4 A) to swing backwards and forwards, crouching down on the heels in a sitting posture

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